Kimberly Fiock, PhD

🔬 tau protein in disease & development | #stemcells, #astrocytes, & 🧠 banking | PhD-trained neuropathologist leading the INRL @iowamed | she/her

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

My #DisabledinSTEM story: a 🧵

I’ve always been really scared to label my mental illness as a disability. Not because it’s not incredibly debilitating, but because I never wanted to take away space from someone who needed so much more accessibility than I did to be successful

[Kamran Mirza MD PhD - کامران مرزا @KMirza]

🚀 Just out! Our systematic review dives into how social media is transforming #Pathology and #LabMed. From hashtag-powered learning communities to global collaborations, it’s clear: digital engagement is shaping the future of our field. Explore the findings! #PathTwitter #MedEd #DigitalPathology https://t.co/4xw6EnEXBG

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@DGlaucomflecken’s show was fantastic in every way. Honestly got super emotional when @LGlaucomflecken spoke about her fear her kids would go to sleep with a dad and wake up without one. 14 years ago, that’s exactly what happened to me. I’m grateful their story ended differently.

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

Honored to be representing the biobankers and research pathologists on such a global scale! Can’t wait to meet everyone at the conference next month. 😊

[ASCP @ASCP_Chicago]

Congrats to the official Top 5 honorees for ASCP's 2024 #40UnderForty program:
Dr. Viharkumar Patel, MD, FASCP
Dr. Kimberly Fiock, PhD, QBRSCM
Dr. Khaleel Al-Obaidy, MBBS, FASCP, D-ABP
Steven Springer, MS, MLS(ASCP) CM, PACM, MBCM
Brittany J. Bell, MS, MBA, MLS(ASCP) CM, MBCM

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@FreezePathPopKJ Thank you so much! 😭❤️

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@JohnCraryMDPHD I’ll have to find you! We have two posters up (one today, one Tuesday) if you want to come say hi 😊

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@DrFedaa @ASCP_Chicago @pathai Congratulations! 🥳❤️

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@RazaHoda @ASCP_Chicago Congratulations!! 🥳😊

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@Greg_Charville @StanfordPath Congratulations!!🥳😊

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@cpschukow Thank you! It means so much 😊

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

I am blown away, ecstatic, overjoyed... FULL of emotion to announce I was selected as one of ASCP’s 40 under forty recipients for 2024! 🤩

TLDR: I love this field so much & being honored by ASCP for my work in brain banking is the validation this early career researcher needed.

[ASCP @ASCP_Chicago]

Congratulations to all of this year's #40UnderForty honorees! #40UnderForty awards the top innovators whose achievements provide new pathways forward in the lab. Review the gallery to see who made the top 40 and cast your vote on who advances to the top 5: https://t.co/zU1vdfand9

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@Ashu_Mangalam Thank you!

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@DrNeuroChic Thank you! It means so much coming from you! 😊

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@FreezePathPopKJ Thank you so much! 😊

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@NicoleJacksonMD Thank you! I had some really big shoes to fill from previous winners 😊❤️

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@neuro_melody Congratulations!!! You are doing AMAZING things, and I’m so glad I get to watch your journey unfold. 🥳❤️

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@novo_pathology @ASCP_Chicago @LuisBlancoJrMD @DanielJBrat @NayarRitu @NU_Pathology Congratulations! 🥳😊

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

@jessicabankey Congratulations!! 🥳🤩

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

All of this is to say that if you enjoy the work I do here, if you’ve learned anything from my account or feel like I’ve done something to help change the field, I’d love your vote to get into the top 5! Thank you for all the support always. It means everything! ❤️

[Kimberly Fiock, PhD @thepathphd]

Most importantly, it means I am fulfilling my mission to bring visibility to brain donation. Ensuring our donors’ legacies live on is the greatest thing I’ll ever do in my career, and each day we help do that at the INRL through our research and outreach.